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I worked with one of the top 5's and the biggest issue was the hierarchical culture that seemed to give managers more status and money than coders. I think thi

I worked with one of the top 5's and the biggest issue was the hierarchical culture that seemed to give managers more status and money than coders. I think this meant there wasn't a lot of incentive to become a great coder so people worked very hard to take on management responsibilities and not as hard at becoming great coders. I'd really like to hear from people with more experience if this was just true of this one consulting company(one of he top 5) or was this true of many companies. (first posted from cell phone, edited for readability)

kyllo 12y ago
This phenomenon (career advancement = promotion to middle management) is also the case at the client companies, which is part of the reason why outsourcing is tempting to them in the first place. The never ending desire to commoditize their inputs.
- JamesBarney 12y ago
  At most of the companies I've been in the U.S. the difference in pay between senior coders and middle management was slight to non-existent but if you look at Accenture's Indian salaries associate manager makes 50% more then team lead, and makes almost triple what a senior software engineer makes. While this phenomenon exists in the U.S. it seems to me it is an order of magnitude smaller then it is in India.